According to the present invention, the production of repeated examination reports for each examination is limited in a report producing unit. In an ultrasonic diagnostic device according to the present invention, when a user provides an instruction to start producing a report, the report producing unit is activated. For example, the user inputs observations and the like into an examination report. When there is an instruction to finish producing the report from the user, the report producing unit produces an examination report indicating content at the time the instruction is received. When the examination is finished, the examination report is automatically transmitted to a work station. When an examination report is not produced at the time the examination is finished, the report producing unit automatically produces the examination report. In this case, the examination report is also automatically transmitted to the work station.
