A medical examination system causes a display unit to display an object for shifting to examination processing together with patient information corresponding to identification information of a patient received by a receiving unit (1033) if the patient information of the patient is input via an operation unit (1005) when the receiving unit (1033) receives the identification information of the patient from an external device. The medical examination system shifts to the examination processing without causing the display unit to display the object if the patient information is not input via the operation unit (1005) when the receiving unit (1033) receives the patient information.
