EPS SURA members' appointments, in Microsoft Outlook. With Arbol, with no manual copying.
How it works
The EPS SURA member calls or writes to your organization.
The assistant asks for the EPS SURA order and authorization before offering a slot.
It checks availability in Microsoft Outlook and creates the appointment as an event on the clinician's calendar.
If the patient reschedules, it moves it in Microsoft Outlook and lets your team know.
What each one is
Health insurer (EPS) in the contributory and subsidized regimes
EPS SURA
EPS Suramericana S.A. (EPS SURA) is a health insurer (EPS) with members in both the contributory and subsidized regimes. It is the third-largest EPS in Colombia by membership, with its biggest presence in Antioquia.
Clinics work with EPS SURA to verify membership, request authorizations and submit invoices with their RIPS files.
5,713,685 members as of August 2026: 4,759,795 in the contributory regime and 953,890 in the subsidized regime. Source: minsalud.gov.co (opens in a new tab)
Its provider section brings together membership verification, authorization requests and invoice submission with RIPS, behind a login.
Arbol API. Arbol already has an API for the EPS: your tech team connects your systems to EPS SURA from there.
EPS SURA integrationEmail and calendar
Microsoft Outlook
Outlook is Microsoft's email and calendar, and it also manages contacts. It is part of Microsoft 365, where mailboxes live in Exchange Online, and it also works with personal Microsoft accounts. The new Outlook for Windows is free and requires no subscription.
Run email and calendars for clinical and admin staff, and send appointment invitations to patients.
Exchange Web Services (EWS) is disabled by default in Exchange Online starting October 1, 2026, and shuts down completely on April 1, 2027; Microsoft directs developers to migrate their apps to Microsoft Graph. Source: techcommunity.microsoft.com (opens in a new tab)
Microsoft Graph is Microsoft's REST API for Outlook: it can read, send and organize email, create and update events, check availability and receive change notifications.
Microsoft Outlook integration
Questions
Does it work if each clinician has their own Microsoft Outlook calendar?
Yes: before offering a slot, the assistant checks the availability of every Microsoft Outlook calendar your organization connected.
Do EPS SURA or Microsoft Outlook endorse Arbol?
No. EPS SURA and Microsoft Outlook are trademarks of their owners and do not sponsor or endorse Arbol. Arbol works on your organization's side, with the accounts and processes you already have with each.
What happens to patient data?
They are health data, sensitive under Colombia's Law 1581 of 2012: processed for a stated purpose, with the patient's authorization and with encryption and isolation per organization. Every conversation is recorded and exportable.
Trademarks and logos belong to their owners. EPS SURA and Microsoft Outlook do not sponsor or endorse Arbol. All integrations · Arbol's API
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