Regarding a receiving apparatus that is commonly used by a health care professional and a patient, a receiving apparatus or the like capable of preventing occurrence of an operating error is provided. A receiving apparatus 20 receives information transmitted wirelessly from a capsule endoscope 10. The receiving apparatus 20 includes an operation input unit 204 that accepts input of information in the receiving apparatus a display unit 203 that displays information about the receiving apparatus an examination flow management unit 211 that controls a flow of processes in the examination, and an operation mode setting unit 211 that switches an operation mode of the receiving apparatus between a first operation mode and a second operation mode being different from the first operation mode in accordance with progress of the examination and a control unit 210 that controls the operations of the receiving apparatus in accordance with progress of the examination flow for each operation mode set by the operation mode setting unit.
