Patient authentication system and patient authentication method

A patient authentication system comprising:

• a medical device configured to perform an examination on a patient,
• a reception machine configured to acquire a patient reference identification information, which is identification information for identifying the patient, and a patient reference bio-information, which is biometric information with characteristics that differ from individual to individual;
• a server configured to store the patient reference identification information acquired by the reception machine in association with the patient reference bio-information;
• a patient bio-information acquisition unit configured to acquire a patient authentication bio-information, which is bio-information with characteristics that differ from individual to individual, about the patient;
• wherein the medical device includes a control unit,
• wherein the control unit is configured to acquire an examination order, which is information about the examination using the medical device, in association with a patient identification information, which is the identification information about the patient, and
• wherein the server is configured to extract the reference identification information corresponding to the patient identification information associated with the acquired examination order from a plurality of stored patient reference bio-information, and configured to extract the patient reference bio-information stored in association with the patient reference identification information, and
• wherein the server or the control unit is configured to authenticate the patient based on the patient authentication bio-information acquired by the server and the patient reference bio-information extracted by the server;
• and
• wherein a control unit is configured to perform control of the medical device based on an authentication result which is a result of authentication by the server or the control unit.