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HTML

<form action="/Hospice/TabPatientTrackingPost" id="formTabPatientTrackingPost" method="post">

    <div class="pull-right">
        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-brand" id="btnSave" name="btnSave">Save</button>
        <button type="reset" class="btn btn-brand" id="btnCancel">Cancel</button>
    </div>
</form>

<a href="/Hospice/TabLiving/1">Living</a>

JavaScript

$('a').click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    alert("triggerSave test alert");
    $("#btnSave").trigger('click'); 
});