{
  "id": 14562,
  "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/how-an-mit-database-evolved-into-global-standard-data-sharing-0729",
  "title": "How a medical database developed at MIT evolved into a global standard of data-sharing",
  "summary": "The visionary PhysioNet platform launched 25 years ago, based on a system developed at MIT in the 1970s. It has become one of the most comprehensive biomedical and clinical data repositories in existence.",
  "authors": "Emma Foehringer Merchant | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "healthcare",
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  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-29T14:00:00.000Z",
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  "source_slug": "mit-news",
  "source_name": "MIT News",
  "source_homepage": "https://news.mit.edu",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14562",
  "original_url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/how-an-mit-database-evolved-into-global-standard-data-sharing-0729",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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