Syncretism is also a word used for merging different inflection word forms, so that a word can serve more than one function. Examples in English are you, which can be an object or a subject, or pet, which is the same in the past and present tense.
Health departments perform food inspections and other health related inspections (the person who performs this job is often called a public health inspector), vaccination programs, free STD and HIV tests, tobacco enforcement and cessation programs, and other medical assistance programs.
In addition to keeping community members healthy, urgent care centers also relieve the burden on emergency room personnel, leaving them to concentrate on the most dire medical cases. As medical services always are in demand, opening one of these clinics is a fairly stable business venture.