eHealth is an emerging service sector which has great potential to improve health care delivery to rural and remote communities, facilitate health surveillance, and promote health education and research. Despite the critical need for eHealth services in Australia based on the challenges of distance and human resources, its utility has yet to be realised, resulting in the "Australian rural eHealth paradox." Increasing availability of electronic health information resources needs to be adequately harnessed to improve the availability and quality of health information on the Internet to both health care providers and the community. This paper describes the key information resources required for an efficient eHealth system, and the major issues that influence the use of eHealth information resources. Different models for the delivery of eHealth information services are reviewed, and the analysis explores the potential role of the library and information management sector in strengthening eHealth information service delivery in Australia. (Contains 2 figures.)